Footage has shown the moment one of Northamptonshire’s largest ever cannabis factories was discovered across four floors of an old casino.
Police uncovered thousands of plants during a search of the former Aspers building on Commercial Street in Northampton on Thursday morning.
They used chainsaws to gain access to the building, with the doors being bricked-up and rooms reinforced with steel.
Sgt Rodney Williams said taking the plants out of production was “going to make a massive difference to the drug supply chain here in Northampton, and possibly in the UK”.
Police have arrested and charged a man with one count of producing a controlled drug of Class B – cannabis.
